Fusion Lifestyle has announced that the historic open air swimming pool at Holywell Mead leisure complex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, is to reopen on 27 May.

The operator - selected by Wycombe District Council to operate the facility as part of a 50-year lease - has carried out remedial work to bring the Grade II-listed pool back into use. Fusion plans to invest more than £1m in revamping the pool and to provide new facilities to ensure the venue is sustainable. The first phase will see the pool open for the summer.

Meanwhile, a second stage will see the pool building and adjacent Rye Centre revamped to house a new 40-station gym with studio space and a café. Work is due to begin on stage two of Fusion's investment plans this autumn, with facilities to be completed by spring 2012.

Fusion CEO Peter Kay said: "The team has put an enormous amount of effort into getting the pool ready in a short space of time and we're looking forward to welcoming swimmers back over the summer."